Garbage can receiver



June 6, 1961 E. w. SEXTON GARBAGE CAN RECEIVER Filed June 16, 1958 INVENTOR.

EDWARD W. SEXTON BY FlG. l

62m ATTORNEYS United States Patent 2,987,213 GARBAGE CAN RECEIVER Edward W. Sexton, Cambridge, Mass., assignor to Sexton Can Company, Inc., Everett, Mass, a corporation at Massachusetts Filed June 16, 1958, Ser. No. 742,375 6 Claims. (Cl. 220-18) This invention relates to a receiver capable of being sunk in the earth and used to house a garbage pail or can.

The improved receiver provides a strong, durable, sunken receptacle for a garbage can which is cheap to manufacture but is of long lasting construction and may be handled and installed with a minimum of effort. The receiver is relatively light in weight and easily handled and it is adapted to be sold in hardware stores. It may be installed by the user or householder with a minimum of work and without the use of any but ordinary tools. It is durable in use and supports the garbage can so that it does not come in contact with ground water in the bottom of the hole in which the receiver is mounted.

These results are accomplished by making the receiver of two nested metal shells spaced apart, and secured together at their top edges, the space between the two shells being filled with non-corrosive solid filling material such as cement concrete. The inner shell preferably has an inwardly sloping portion at the bottom on which the garbage can rests within the receptacle. After the top edge of the outer shell has been secured to the top edge of the inner shell the assembly of the two nested shells is turned bottom side up and concrete or other suitable filler is poured into the space between the two shells, the sloping bottom of the inner shell acting as a funnel to guide the liquid concrete into the space between the two shells. After the concrete has hardened, the completed receiver can be sunk in the ground and the garbage pail put in place. The bottom edge of the pail rests on the sloping inner wall at the bottom of the inner shell, leaving an air space between the bottom of the pail and the ground.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a vertical section of a garbage can receiver embodying my invention the cover being omitted and a garbage can being shown in position therein, the garbage can is not sectioned and the lower right-hand corner thereof is broken away.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the receiver shown in FIG. 1 with the garbage can removed.

Referring to the drawings at is shown the outer and at 11 the inner of two nested sheet metal shells. The outer shell 10 has a curled edge 15 at the bottom. This reinforces the bottom of this shell and also presents a round edge which will not cut or mar the floor of a hardware store or delivery truck. At the top of the outer shell 10 the portion 16 is sloped inwardly and is preferably corrugated.

The upper edge of the inner shell 11 is curled over the upper edge of the outer container 10 to form a head as shown at 21, thus uniting the two shells 10 and 11 and reinforcing the upper edges thereof. The bottom of the inner shell 11 is sloped inwardly as indicated at 13. This portion is also preferably corrugated. Together, these two shells form a unitary structure with a space left between them. The outer shell may have secured to it a "ice pair of hinge ears 18 on which a cover (not shown) may be mounted.

After the two shells 10 and 11 have been secured together as described, the resultant unitary structure is turned bottom side up and the space between the shells is filled with non-corrosive solid filling material, preferably cement concrete, as indicated at 12. The flaring space between the curl 15 and the corrugated lower end 13 of the inner shell in efiect forms a funnel and makes it easier to pour the concrete into the space between the two shells. When the concrete has set, outer shell 10 and the inner shell 11 with the inter-mediate layer of concrete is set in the ground and thereafter a garbage can 23 may be placed therein. The can is made somewhat larger than the opening at the bottom of the inner shell and therefore the lower edge of the can rests on the inwardly sloping flange 13 and its bottom is spaced from the ground beneath the receiver. This helps to prevent the pail from corroding and also permits drainage in case water or other liquids enter the space between the garbage pail and the inner shell.

The unit comprising the inner and outer shells and concrete filler weighs much less than the prior art all concrete garbage can receiver and it can be sold and handled by a single attendant in a hardware store.

This improved receiver is also economical to manufacture, durable in use and easy to install by the user.

Changes may be made in form, construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An open bottom garbage can receiver comprising two nested sheet metal shells, means for securing the shells together at their top ends, the inner shell being spaced inwardly from the outer shell from their bottom ends to said securing means, the inner shell having an inwardly and downwardly sloping constriction at its lower portion, the inner shell having an opening bottom which forms the open bottom of the can receiver and solid noncorrosive material filling the space between the shells.

2. A can receiver according to claim 1 including a garbage can the lower edge of which is adapted to be supported by said inwardly sloping constriction.

3. A can receiver according to claim 1, said inwardly sloping constriction being adapted to support a garbage can.

4. A can receiver according to claim 1, wherein at least the surface of said constriction is formed with grooves extending from the top of the constriction towards the bottom thereof.

5. A can receiver according to claim 4 including a garbage can the lower edge of which is adapted to be supported by said inwardly sloping constriction.

6. A can receiver according to claim 4, said inwardly sloping constriction being adapted to support a garbage can.

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